ioa747,
As they say, "My bad!"
I was looking at the exported reg key and NOT the actual reg key itself. My sincerest apologies here, ioa747!! Please forgive me!
How do I check the actual "REG_SZ" value of the _UpdateKey() function?
For example: ""HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Native Instruments\Guitar Rig 5", "InstallVST64Dir", "REG_SZ", "C:\RML\SAC\VST_PlugIns\Ampsim\"